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answerphone|ˈɑːnsəfəʊn, æ-|
Also Ansafone (proprietary), ansaphone, etc.
[f. alteration of answer n. or v. + phone n.2]
= answering machine s.v. answering vbl. n. 4.
1963Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 11 June tm67 Ansa Fone Corp., Inglewood, Calif. 1970Trade Marks Jrnl. 11 Nov. 1897/1 Ansafone... Sound recording and sound reproducing apparatus, all for use with telephones. Ansafone Limited, Lyon Way, Frimley Road, Camberley, Surrey; Manufacturers and Merchants. 1973Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 20 Mar. tm155/1 Dictaphone Corporation, Bridgeport Conn... Ansafone... For automatic telephone answering device. 1976Derbyshire Times (Peak ed.) 3 Sept. 11/1 (Advt.), Answerphone service. 1977Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 13 Oct. 147/1 (Advt.), After-hours ansaphone service with fast ansaback. 1978Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVI. 270/1 Apart from the Ansaphone, some consultancies in Germany are already manning the telephone at weekends to discuss jobs with interested applicants. 1982Financial Times 22 Dec. 6 The move by NEC..assures Ansaphone of a place in a market in which a number of British companies intend to compete. 1984Daily Tel. 2 Feb. 3/3 Clients on the third line will hear an answerphone message asking them to try again five minutes later. |